Umar ibn Abi (4) Salamah: That he saw the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) praying in a single garment, in the house of Umm Salamah, having cast its two ends over his shoulders. Agreed upon (5). And from Jabir that the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said: "If the garment is wide, then wrap yourself in it, and if it is narrow, [then fasten it around your waist] (6)." Narrated by al-Bukhari and others (7). And from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) was asked about praying in a single garment? The Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said: "Do you all have two garments?" Narrated by Muslim and Malik in his "Al-Muwatta" (8), [and Jabir prayed in a qamis (shirt) without a rida' (outer cloak) upon him, and when he finished, he said] (9): I (10) saw the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) praying in a qamis. Narrated by Abu Dawud (11).
(4) Omitted from: M. (5) Narrated by al-Bukhari, in: The Chapter on Prayer in a Single Garment While Wrapping Oneself in It, from the Book of Prayer. Sahih al-Bukhari 1/100. And Muslim, in: The Chapter on Prayer in a Single Garment and the Manner of Wearing It, from the Book of Prayer. Sahih Muslim 1/368. It was also narrated by al-Nasa'i, in: The Chapter on Prayer in a Single Garment, from the Book of the Qibla. Al-Mujtaba 2/54. And Ibn Majah, in: The Chapter on Prayer in a Single Garment, from the Book of Establishing Prayer. Sunan Ibn Majah 1/333. And Imam Malik, in: The Chapter on Concession in Prayer in a Single Garment, from the Book of the Congregation. Al-Muwatta 1/140. And Imam Ahmad, in: Al-Musnad 4/26, 27. (6) In the original: "fasten it around your waist (haqw)." In another wording: "fasten your waist with it (ta'tazir bihi)." (7) Omitted from: The original. The verification of the hadith was presented recently. (8) In the original it is stated as agreed upon. It was narrated by al-Bukhari, in: The Chapter on Prayer in a Single Garment While Wrapping Oneself in It, and The Chapter on Prayer in a Qamis, Trousers, Tubban, and Qaba', from the Book of Prayer. Sahih al-Bukhari 1/100, 102. And Muslim, in: The Chapter on Prayer in a Single Garment and the Manner of Wearing It, from the Book of Prayer. Sahih Muslim 1/367, 368. And Abu Dawud, in: The Chapter on a Collection of Garments One Prays In, from the Book of Prayer. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/146. And al-Nasa'i, in: The Chapter on Prayer in a Single Garment, from the Book of the Qibla. Al-Mujtaba 2/54. And Ibn Majah, in: The Chapter on Prayer in a Single Garment, from the Book of Establishing Prayer. Sunan Ibn Majah 1/333. And Imam Malik, in: The Chapter on Concession in Prayer in a Single Garment, from the Book of the Congregation. Al-Muwatta 1/140. And Imam Ahmad, in: Al-Musnad 2/266, 285, 345. (9) In the original: "And from him, he said: I saw the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) praying in a single garment, having it wrapped around his shoulders. Agreed upon." This was presented on page 291. (10) In the original: "And he said." (11) In: The Chapter on a Man Praying in a Single Qamis, from the Book of Prayer. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/147.
